Alienation and Despair - Faves
Alienation and Despair - Faves| Volume 1 , Number 5 | Yo La Digest | Mar 18, 1994 |
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We welcome you to our country but you are not a stranger to us. ...Yo La Tengo Tape Loop 9/20/93
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howdy, In a recent live tape Ira mentions a video for 'The Summer' that was shown one time on MTV. Has anyone seen this or any other *low* rotation yo la tengo vidoes? - Option #55 has an excellent article on ylt. But, by answering all of my ylt questions in one place, author Jason Fine has stolen a bit of the mystery (for me at least). Option's photos are usually very good, but don't expect that this time. Also good articles about Vic "I Got a Hurt as Big As Robert Mitchem" Chestnut and Micro-Radio. - Tape Offer #2. By now everyone who ordered YLT@Cattle Club should have their copy. That offer is offically closed. At this time i'd like to offer YLT@Slim's (9/20/93 50 min) at cost of course. Sound quality is very good but below that of the Cattle Club show. Cost will be about... 2.40 (cost of 60 min tape) .75 (us postage) .35 (mailer) ---- $3.50 i also accept trades. have a nice week, tim tim@vestek.com p.s. circulation 58
from: keb@u.washington.edu There's also a Dump 7" out on 18-Wheeler. It's available through the Pop Narcotic catalog. (Contact Bill Peregoy <peregoy@maelstrom.timeplex.com> for info on PopNarc.) I haven't gotten my copy of "Superpowerless" yet but it's available through the ever-ruling Ajax catalog. I believe the toll free order number (credit cards only) is 1-800-844-AJAX but I may be wrong about the exchange. Lena
from: howard@sharps.astro.wisc.edu (Greg Howard) hi tim - A few random tidbits for you, since I'm doing Work Avoidance... Ira's written a lot a lot of stuff. I think he writes for Spin a bunch, but I don't read it much; I know he reviewed the VU reunion last year. The fourth edition of Trouser Press came out in 1992, and still has favorable reviews, up to "Fakebook" I think... I don't think it includes "May I..." tho it may have an EP or something. This is all based on memory... From what I've heard, the fifth edition will be a long time, or maybe never, coming, and someone said that Robbins was thinking of splitting it into two volumes... too bad if a new one doesn't come out, cause it's such a wonderful reference... And reading the equipment troubles documented last issue, I remembered when ylt played milwaukee in December, and one of the moniters had a quiet garbage signal in it that Ira noticed during a slow tune. He prefaced his fix-it request with "We're about to play so loud that it won't matter, but..." This was the same show where they played a wonderful "Did I Tell You", and when Ira asked for requests for the next song, a guy in the front row yells "Did I Tell You!". Ira looked kinda stunned: "We just *played* that! What did you *think* we were playing? What song did you think 'Did I Tell You' was?" Well, I've rambled far too much. That's what comes of not sleeping. Anyone who knows any more tour dates (well... Madison is really what I'm looking for...), please post 'em! have a happy greg ps. just bought Tara Key's solo album a couple days ago, and while I haven't listened to it enuf yet so far I'm pretty impressed. I've already got some of it stuck in my head. Perhaps a more detailed review someday... thanks for the tip, Glenn!
from: jeremy <jsapn@aol.com> Tim - Just want to say that getting the YLT Digest is frequently the best thing about Mondays here. One note on the discography - The Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol. 3 compilation is called "Delicacy and Nourishment" - they are the same item. It's a good disc, with selections from Peter Stampfel and Michael Hurley as well as YLT. Jeremy
from att!library!wer@nova.unix.portal.com It has come to my attention that Georgia was not flattered when she saw the photographs in the YLT article in Option. Of course no one looks good when pictured from that looking-upward angle.
from: Kurt Stephan <kstephan@well.sf.ca.us> My brush with YLT is offered with some shame because I've NEVER SEEN THEM LIVE (gasp). It's a mistake I hope to rectify next time they hit S.F. Anyway, after becoming a raving YLT fanatic because of "May I Sing With Me" and "Fakebook," I got frustrated at not being able to find "New Wave Hot Dogs" and "President YLT." I wrote to Ira care of the address on the CD, telling him how much I like the group, complimenting his guitar playing, and asking about the old recordings. I was pleasantly surprised to get a letter back from Ira in about 10 days. He was almost embarrassed about my praise of is guitar playing--said it made his day and that it would inspire him to practice more. He answered all my questions (I STILL haven't found the old albums, but I heard Matador is reissuing them soon) and told me he had started out as a copyeditor/proofreader, and that the title "Mushroom Cloud of Hiss" actually came from a typo when he was proofing. Nice guy! I always meant to write back, but never got around to it. Oh, and what was really funny was that he wrote the letter on the back of a glossy press release photo of some long-forgotten rap group on London Records (!). So THAT'S what rock critics do with unwanted promo material! It's not much of a story, but it shows how cool Ira is. And they are by far the best rock band on the planet, by the way. Glad others are starting to notice them finally. Kurt Stephan
from: Patrick B Leek <coi0555@dcsc.dla.mil> The name of the CD is "True Fiction Pictures" subtitled "Music From The Films Of Hal Hartley." YLT songs are "Some Kinda Fatigue" and "Always Something." Patrick B. Leek
Tour Dates Tue March 29 Staches Columbus (OH) Wed March 30 Tewligan's Louisville (KY) Thu March 31 Blue Note Columbia (MO) Fri Apr 1 Cicero's St. Louis (MO) Sat Apr 2 Gabe's Iowa City (IA) Mon Apr 4 Bottleneck Lawrence (KS) Wed Apr 6 Reptile House Grand Rapids (MI) Thu Apr 7 Blind Pig Champaign (IL) Fri Apr 8 Lounge Ax Chicago (IL) Sat Apr 9 2nd Story Bloomington (IND) Sun Apr 10 Suddsy's Cincinnati (OH) Tues Apr 12 Rosebud Pittsburgh (PA) Wed Apr 13 Scorgy's Rochester (NY) Thur Apr 14 Woodstock Montreal (Quebec) Fri Apr 15 Zaphod Beeblebrox Ottawa (Ontario) Sat Apr 16 Bogie's Albany (NY) Fri Apr 29 Buffalo (NY) Sat Apr 30 Thread Waxing Space NYC
Contacting the Band Yo La Tengo can be reached at: Yo La Tengo P.O. Box 6028 Hoboken, N.J. 07030 USA
DISCOGRAPHY Yo La Tengo Discography Version 1.16 (*additions and changes) Updated March 8, 1994 Maintained by: Tim McGinnis tim@vestek.com 1640 Golden Gate #4 SFCA, CA 94115 If you spot mistakes or omissions, please send any available information. Brief Discography 1985 7" The River of Water 1986 Album Ride The Tiger 1987 7" Asparagus Song 1987 Album New Wave Hot Dogs 1989 Album President Yo La Tengo 1989 Comp Human Music 19XX Comp Luxory Condos Coming to Your Neighborhood 1990 Album Fakebook 1990 7" Speeding Motorcycle 1990 EP Here Comes My Baby 1991 Album That is Yo La Tengo 1991 7" Walking Away From You 1991 Soundtrack Matter of Degrees 1992 Album May I Sing With Me 199X Comp Mountain Stage Vol 3 199X Comp Ruta 66 1992 EP Upside-Down 199X Comp Freedom of Choice 1992 Comp *Delicacy and Nourishment Ernest Noyes Brookings Vol 3 1993 Soundtrack *True Fiction Pictures 1993 EP Shaker 1993 7" Shaker (diff version) 1993 Album Painful 1993 7" Big Day Coming 1994 CD Single From A Motel 6 Bootography 5/19/87 Backnang Germany 90 min 11/22/87 Vera Groningen Holland 90 3/3/89 WRSU (int/perf) New Brunswick NJ 20 6/24/90 WXRK NYC 45 8/XX/90 Nerorock Belgium 45 8/16/90 Negativ Frankfurt Germany 135 8/26/90 Slim's San Francisco 45 9/10/90 Liberty Lunch Austin 45 10/1/90 Decade Club Pittsburg Pa 55 1/27/91 Mountain Stage West Virginia 4/26/91 WPRB (int/perf) Princeton NJ 20 5/21/91 VK Brussel Belgium 60 6/29/91 Summer Stage NYC 55 7/14/91 Knitting Factory NYC 45 2/18/92 WFMU (dj/perf) East Orange NJ 270 4/10/92 K-ROCK (int/perf) NYC 65 4/18/92 Cattle Club Sacto Ca 90 5/21/92 Democracy Gent, Belgium 90 6/16/92 Batschkapp Frankfurt Germany 90 7/3/92 Warfield Theater San Francisco 45 X/XX/93 Richmond Va 9/20/93 Slim's San Francisco 50 11/10/93 Ralph's Moorhead, Mn 67 1/8/94 Botanique Brussel Belgium 120 2/6/94 Trocadero San Francisco 2/19/94 Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill 95 2/25/94 Liberty Lunch Austin 50 Videography 19XX Mouthful of Sweat 19XX *The Summer 1/28/94 Conan O'Brien NYC Detailed Discography (*additions and changes only). 1993 *True Fiction Pictures Music From The Films Of Hal Hartley Some Kinda Fatigue Always Something Full Videography (*additions) 19XX *The Summer The Summer
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